HUM'MING-BIRD, noun A very small bird of the genus Trochilus; so called from the sound of its wings in flight. The rostrum is subulate, filiform, and longer than the head; the tongue is filiform and tubulous. It never lights to take food, but feeds while on the wing.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.